tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74135765927507937542024-02-19T03:35:17.042+00:00This LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-36841386283539469742012-10-20T09:58:00.005+01:002012-10-20T09:58:51.634+01:00the poeming has begun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">where each breath is framed for an instant</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">as the radiators rattle to life.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i sit at the worn oak of my desk, my north,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a crooked, rooted truth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">distracted for a moment by a feline engine,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and a sandpaper tongue rasps reply.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and wait as it breathes vigour into a shattered self,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">rests, signposting the potential of an unmarked sheet.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-40912092267343593172012-10-12T13:24:00.000+01:002012-10-12T17:36:47.926+01:00A new home...<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Gosh, here it is, my new blog home.Freshly painted and organised, I think I am going to love it here at This Life. My intention is to look at the stories of my life through words, art and photography, in more depth than I have committed to before and also with regular practice. I tend to be a jack of all trades and master of none in the creative sphere, dipping in here and there but never really focusing my whole attention for any substantial time. I intend for this to change, for this space to be a simple way of exploring my storyteller self. Stories are my roots, they are ways of finding truth, beauty and understanding and they are a most powerful means of connection to each other, to the world around us. Will you join my on this new path of my journey? I hope so from the bottom of my heart.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-34092869821065160802012-09-14T17:06:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.977+01:00Back to the connection<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes I find that it is best to just hold up your hands and admit that life got in the way of a project, that it is time to let that project go, instead of letting that unfinishedness turn into taunting - another endless item on the to do list. I fully intended to follow through the August Break Project, in fact I do have the photos for the last weeks but never got round to the haiku and the posting. It has been a bit of a rocky summer (understatement), one that I would rather move on from into my beloved autumn, and because of this I had to put aside a few creative hats for a while. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And of course, the longer I've stayed away from blogging, the more intimidating that return post has become for me, an affliction I am sure many of you are also acquainted with. So I choose to begin again, without reproach and should haves, it simply is what it is. I will however share a few of the left over photos with you, just because I like them and wish to put them out there into the world.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In the last days of August I...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTrrvRNweb6CsDoFWHE58H2j4C9l3w10ZUVKdDl6kLpsgXlSgyIq7mHoGHeT6vDPcLYRg4_SmyoY-DI0DH3A_8PQpyZlSeAFH90ELP4nmIaSKr_OAS9VHWVtcNCi0RmdQkajPhymgzkfo/s1600/Photo+21-08-2012+22+10+42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTrrvRNweb6CsDoFWHE58H2j4C9l3w10ZUVKdDl6kLpsgXlSgyIq7mHoGHeT6vDPcLYRg4_SmyoY-DI0DH3A_8PQpyZlSeAFH90ELP4nmIaSKr_OAS9VHWVtcNCi0RmdQkajPhymgzkfo/s400/Photo+21-08-2012+22+10+42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">finally purchased that reading chair...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ88rXBo5UD8yrO0nxVYUDSXkqehLJbbtCxZYzPnPlzh3ahQqG4RikmUwjHK2i0z5uhKnZhQauHvNMFQF79HEggeCC0_aKYC5IJf8hzcNO-hsUAs7FOoFvKZKD7ZwIYU7NrZtoEd-2ecH/s1600/Photo+30-08-2012+14+40+00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ88rXBo5UD8yrO0nxVYUDSXkqehLJbbtCxZYzPnPlzh3ahQqG4RikmUwjHK2i0z5uhKnZhQauHvNMFQF79HEggeCC0_aKYC5IJf8hzcNO-hsUAs7FOoFvKZKD7ZwIYU7NrZtoEd-2ecH/s400/Photo+30-08-2012+14+40+00.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">created a foxy canvas bag, a present to myself...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmX3ZMLDzwLBRQLqkRU2Fp2dp0hPXD_0hHuB76YthDkatz08MuQJV11TiHXJLVBpt7BTYWZEZqe0mFsjz1LMRbdCEe0Ar32jTxijWEyb4ymYvgsuo-1luJkilS0i-23cdAVPRrEdLf7VPy/s1600/Photo+31-08-2012+16+39+41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmX3ZMLDzwLBRQLqkRU2Fp2dp0hPXD_0hHuB76YthDkatz08MuQJV11TiHXJLVBpt7BTYWZEZqe0mFsjz1LMRbdCEe0Ar32jTxijWEyb4ymYvgsuo-1luJkilS0i-23cdAVPRrEdLf7VPy/s400/Photo+31-08-2012+16+39+41.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and finally, travelled to see a kindred spirit.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-15999662817229913672012-08-20T15:46:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.961+01:00August Break. 12th-19th.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT84VuxRhMrUAZg8kH_naxRurEeFMSUvKsNQL6i_LLUtyeoRldlCldFEXWSF4ciw0wDVLiN_bw2HcpDNtf1RzC-WKtiQQEpXRRjSTJ-kdqFSl_YkmjUz-t7r4Xv6oQzwgTy1rEYXFU4TC/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT84VuxRhMrUAZg8kH_naxRurEeFMSUvKsNQL6i_LLUtyeoRldlCldFEXWSF4ciw0wDVLiN_bw2HcpDNtf1RzC-WKtiQQEpXRRjSTJ-kdqFSl_YkmjUz-t7r4Xv6oQzwgTy1rEYXFU4TC/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 12.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">ethereal beacon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">companion of the sleepless.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">jewel of solitude.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wUT2d3I9wa-lGSbw60c9_CLRGM4jKiP24NTElBJ89qy7pItjF1hiEYoufzrleK5jeQ1OezgGMaLsIt2uLfWbnRwMfgYp1_gK4B1nyZSjHePppLeMFj7XcCO4OFcvCEyXlRyOKn0XzXMV/s1600/streetlight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wUT2d3I9wa-lGSbw60c9_CLRGM4jKiP24NTElBJ89qy7pItjF1hiEYoufzrleK5jeQ1OezgGMaLsIt2uLfWbnRwMfgYp1_gK4B1nyZSjHePppLeMFj7XcCO4OFcvCEyXlRyOKn0XzXMV/s400/streetlight.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 13.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">excruciating,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">the clatter of shattered nerves</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">bewilder all thought.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoej54H491qpCf8ZmM7hZp8p4h1IAwgIrN9jh1q_qKfxpRAmC9uuqQXEcvC62ziseD7EKK7RZLt7xTu1dynJizwQiOl_Nie3EAvVDvKAiPzPTe2ee7AA1962Hb3ynnGXRIZipD_SfS1aYy/s1600/headache.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoej54H491qpCf8ZmM7hZp8p4h1IAwgIrN9jh1q_qKfxpRAmC9uuqQXEcvC62ziseD7EKK7RZLt7xTu1dynJizwQiOl_Nie3EAvVDvKAiPzPTe2ee7AA1962Hb3ynnGXRIZipD_SfS1aYy/s400/headache.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 14.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">two hearts wide open.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">fierce understanding connects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">together we heal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JyA7Ye3yk_dJLCqN5N4ZcaxZsagPWWD3KVZzIDbnJeKSyFJiuJwgQ9pDiCcvBFPvJZ1-ttjj4DBgk4X1IBqtv7MTfTzIa1BJWJhR2u5qzGNbloWqv4AHYrR9jz1jLSYBNoKiDEiHp2cu/s1600/charlie+here.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JyA7Ye3yk_dJLCqN5N4ZcaxZsagPWWD3KVZzIDbnJeKSyFJiuJwgQ9pDiCcvBFPvJZ1-ttjj4DBgk4X1IBqtv7MTfTzIa1BJWJhR2u5qzGNbloWqv4AHYrR9jz1jLSYBNoKiDEiHp2cu/s400/charlie+here.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 15.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">uncertain black lines</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">appear with difficulty</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">a strong will persists.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5iZv6Np-l0V2nSrNFslNNSD2cCUHwmlyZl17nOrHcr0Sa0QxexTIcQD1YWvNTb__ochFbxNOsWRqsqPrJWjVqo7eR36r2dX_P-Ur_G_XkCi-1caL3K3ZzKqpEXxzwzg0c24tNHU9zmJj/s1600/line+tortoise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5iZv6Np-l0V2nSrNFslNNSD2cCUHwmlyZl17nOrHcr0Sa0QxexTIcQD1YWvNTb__ochFbxNOsWRqsqPrJWjVqo7eR36r2dX_P-Ur_G_XkCi-1caL3K3ZzKqpEXxzwzg0c24tNHU9zmJj/s400/line+tortoise.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 16.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">oh to be an aunt!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">roaring, delightful spirits</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">have stolen my heart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HykZewiTFADY8ujBavzDMFmKtQXeyPuQw-wc1YlZeYFZdcs8Jon3-zTrWai6hLQMzdSqglAB4N-do88ckkuxJ0h1_xF21KCdfuYdbXBexion2Rgrhf1vw11KUG1Ytz8WjVeq_0hIoqDm/s1600/nieces.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HykZewiTFADY8ujBavzDMFmKtQXeyPuQw-wc1YlZeYFZdcs8Jon3-zTrWai6hLQMzdSqglAB4N-do88ckkuxJ0h1_xF21KCdfuYdbXBexion2Rgrhf1vw11KUG1Ytz8WjVeq_0hIoqDm/s400/nieces.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 17.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">worn threadbare today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">head and heart lay crestfallen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">aloof fog presides.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP470fZFxo2n0PRPiPJB0ufXpeOLin5xjBIVnPbx0-q4VIDFDnqkpbSQ9htFzsq6YwVfRKfkT0PJQ6mkuUfHP1Pb3anLm4nQ0pVs6yQL5SzBFjV3Vkb9Bhj3B2HtJ_6xtXn5YOMOMMdcmB/s1600/tired.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP470fZFxo2n0PRPiPJB0ufXpeOLin5xjBIVnPbx0-q4VIDFDnqkpbSQ9htFzsq6YwVfRKfkT0PJQ6mkuUfHP1Pb3anLm4nQ0pVs6yQL5SzBFjV3Vkb9Bhj3B2HtJ_6xtXn5YOMOMMdcmB/s400/tired.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 18.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">crumbled into jars,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">the heady scent of lavender</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">remains reachable.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWh0ei1cm3Px7JoJVDDO81dxKTYnEUS5snUJWfh3VYg8An_Zl947QL5Jggpo_7hI-oUApsg_vNFc3f31xgn1uPqnVQlWfv7nOal4kZeEVPn858fEbIIU5bMfhH0jHxvfeUiXEyE4oEJs15/s1600/Photo+17-08-2012+13+19+34+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWh0ei1cm3Px7JoJVDDO81dxKTYnEUS5snUJWfh3VYg8An_Zl947QL5Jggpo_7hI-oUApsg_vNFc3f31xgn1uPqnVQlWfv7nOal4kZeEVPn858fEbIIU5bMfhH0jHxvfeUiXEyE4oEJs15/s400/Photo+17-08-2012+13+19+34+(1).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 19.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">her ruby wings sing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">be present in this moment</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">such beauty surrounds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZMpy7jy0WFgLVBsKTtY9r4rj-q-gDF-UwcmSAIlmzhEmyqoD0IfjdbwMfVrbuzy0lvZ4fVXkIzucysZffZsc45_67qm8nHwlhqNlMD2umryJtCUvwl40U9GoPiuDcEK_BZJY0IuUvZAA/s1600/butterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZMpy7jy0WFgLVBsKTtY9r4rj-q-gDF-UwcmSAIlmzhEmyqoD0IfjdbwMfVrbuzy0lvZ4fVXkIzucysZffZsc45_67qm8nHwlhqNlMD2umryJtCUvwl40U9GoPiuDcEK_BZJY0IuUvZAA/s400/butterfly.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-30484571708208723912012-08-12T16:37:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.974+01:00August Break. Days 6 to 11.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_ky3qMcykArVCVK0ZDU9YPRNeTNbl_FN1mcl3ar43TuJKRYJUBOYJKKCRjTQ-Hjt637Yms__rjyKN8zR2iPWvvG1_mrLs1PFUR-44EEAUjrVrQaZx7SooDDV1EiDCLR9z5z3YkbpcIau/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_ky3qMcykArVCVK0ZDU9YPRNeTNbl_FN1mcl3ar43TuJKRYJUBOYJKKCRjTQ-Hjt637Yms__rjyKN8zR2iPWvvG1_mrLs1PFUR-44EEAUjrVrQaZx7SooDDV1EiDCLR9z5z3YkbpcIau/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 6.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">proud and with much grace,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">pink dancing ballerinas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">weave in soft ruffles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhau-TAuumsXiha6VIgyDA7x3OV4hfEw-YQmEFIgTWJmNzy9m92nMO0FYMenHgTsquiM5oJG9WKdjDSNDP7zZDnZ4Sy9AzaUttGvePfj9O1iouO_ncPGnVyhIlyh_8dVwhOUsiDwMcs5moU/s1600/Photo+07-08-2012+14+36+35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhau-TAuumsXiha6VIgyDA7x3OV4hfEw-YQmEFIgTWJmNzy9m92nMO0FYMenHgTsquiM5oJG9WKdjDSNDP7zZDnZ4Sy9AzaUttGvePfj9O1iouO_ncPGnVyhIlyh_8dVwhOUsiDwMcs5moU/s400/Photo+07-08-2012+14+36+35.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 7.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">reminders surround.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">speak the words out loud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">let them nest inside.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jkmgk4tWsosnCWYhDOMHT8wP4mZf811hEnRLD1rsccWvAw-9T_QFRBl1WiYshRyhyphenhyphenr9_eDedpVYwRU0_NDnrgNyS7GUE-DQJnxXO7x7QdnVK-cDnkT93vjEURrmMr7ULJaz7Wllli_sA/s1600/Photo+06-08-2012+19+16+40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jkmgk4tWsosnCWYhDOMHT8wP4mZf811hEnRLD1rsccWvAw-9T_QFRBl1WiYshRyhyphenhyphenr9_eDedpVYwRU0_NDnrgNyS7GUE-DQJnxXO7x7QdnVK-cDnkT93vjEURrmMr7ULJaz7Wllli_sA/s400/Photo+06-08-2012+19+16+40.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 8.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">strung sequins reach out</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">into a day of dull clouds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">my footsteps guide me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA6x8xWsZAcGVUx2Anf0jag_et2Kn14aTIfHb6sQPQ_ohq28CgKfr7Kd4guE3GOITakwdiNr5rR1vpfVFSl_RhE96XpbodIUF0IhCkJLC40gGunUjp9qQqLUV4pRAwQqFUMq6Fk19czzd/s1600/Photo+08-08-2012+15+10+48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA6x8xWsZAcGVUx2Anf0jag_et2Kn14aTIfHb6sQPQ_ohq28CgKfr7Kd4guE3GOITakwdiNr5rR1vpfVFSl_RhE96XpbodIUF0IhCkJLC40gGunUjp9qQqLUV4pRAwQqFUMq6Fk19czzd/s400/Photo+08-08-2012+15+10+48.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 9.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">a long time ago</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">the story housed in my mind</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">spoke, "you cannot bake."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhJpNIl1cV-_Z6ApaAQQHJtuXA8FygiQXigM51IlrcbJClxhPFx1NpzZrIOwtfRhkOzAVQKkahjQjK-L4yiM3ncoXO7JqHG_wd6jXGxdyfsm6BjXuNAAJUBNvGJXw9gl0rXW9X7zxJIgZ/s1600/Photo+10-08-2012+12+44+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhJpNIl1cV-_Z6ApaAQQHJtuXA8FygiQXigM51IlrcbJClxhPFx1NpzZrIOwtfRhkOzAVQKkahjQjK-L4yiM3ncoXO7JqHG_wd6jXGxdyfsm6BjXuNAAJUBNvGJXw9gl0rXW9X7zxJIgZ/s400/Photo+10-08-2012+12+44+10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 10.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">glance in the mirror.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">confident layers of purple.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">a stranger stares back.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCer37lxXVPKHDwpTaClvKZVB_sE2vpFnW_r0sAsFjV36PPG4cudkBYir0Y-p_xqWOWuK1xSki3HHHc2K7ZfezSc24tafzccez1yXJ2Z86ciYZxoaQs5dr_Hl8QMmtechy6mv1nshg_b-/s1600/Photo+10-08-2012+10+38+36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCer37lxXVPKHDwpTaClvKZVB_sE2vpFnW_r0sAsFjV36PPG4cudkBYir0Y-p_xqWOWuK1xSki3HHHc2K7ZfezSc24tafzccez1yXJ2Z86ciYZxoaQs5dr_Hl8QMmtechy6mv1nshg_b-/s400/Photo+10-08-2012+10+38+36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 11.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">vision and spirit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">intense woman of colours.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">storyweaver soul.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyiB3qtcrNb9lBx7S4yeDkwVO_o9uCynOTJJskhViksnY3xKrVKM1PN_KLtt4x2sUihmJRLhUdp69rWXu9iRvRKPPty9u8pJMHopbT2GjbWlj5AikzL0DyGi3JI5xtuUEyD1o0Uk2y9l6/s1600/Photo+11-08-2012+20+36+41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyiB3qtcrNb9lBx7S4yeDkwVO_o9uCynOTJJskhViksnY3xKrVKM1PN_KLtt4x2sUihmJRLhUdp69rWXu9iRvRKPPty9u8pJMHopbT2GjbWlj5AikzL0DyGi3JI5xtuUEyD1o0Uk2y9l6/s400/Photo+11-08-2012+20+36+41.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">(about Frida Kahlo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-20015304394817371912012-08-06T11:31:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.966+01:00August Break. Days 3, 4 and 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhumQLvCup1nEPFhdBIzS-KEQLbvR8MFPkSTt9krqKO9soD1jZjHkl48_RUj-gLLTkY4hsPDGp8UnzGQ_IunuyNHxJU6X7yJAQv1itEYEU9Q6Ea66mJnbUOUElq65VpuxeC86bUB_ceb0u/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhumQLvCup1nEPFhdBIzS-KEQLbvR8MFPkSTt9krqKO9soD1jZjHkl48_RUj-gLLTkY4hsPDGp8UnzGQ_IunuyNHxJU6X7yJAQv1itEYEU9Q6Ea66mJnbUOUElq65VpuxeC86bUB_ceb0u/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 3.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">strong, fierce, passionate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">finder of wondrous items,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">turns world upside down.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvUkq4Svgua0nVX3CfNbwlZkGABNHgy3LyZieGZ9mEkTVg8hol8tAzQiVEjlIbFXPejP5-zkJ1OGsfnm2-1noFIfuyEAYc1Dek8T18WKvYphp2WpqB132r4024R-TzuYwQa0G78GCLp5-/s1600/pippi2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvUkq4Svgua0nVX3CfNbwlZkGABNHgy3LyZieGZ9mEkTVg8hol8tAzQiVEjlIbFXPejP5-zkJ1OGsfnm2-1noFIfuyEAYc1Dek8T18WKvYphp2WpqB132r4024R-TzuYwQa0G78GCLp5-/s640/pippi2.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 4.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">myself reflected.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">bold fortress of rich beauty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">roots spread deep and wide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQgSt6xFLgxRGSDGT4n1zosKkIc20qSxCnxgj6yHlcgivpifGVcxbATwdh0Nw2agwsiv0KEt6z5CkGv_fVyibP2qQQNj2KFtPfxd8ixGo-SLEBJNa7w9Gy17qxEs1Aa_KuGPPXOIeeJcH/s1600/home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQgSt6xFLgxRGSDGT4n1zosKkIc20qSxCnxgj6yHlcgivpifGVcxbATwdh0Nw2agwsiv0KEt6z5CkGv_fVyibP2qQQNj2KFtPfxd8ixGo-SLEBJNa7w9Gy17qxEs1Aa_KuGPPXOIeeJcH/s640/home.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Day 5.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">just me this early,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">savouring spoons full of light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">time to breathe deeply.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yXUVgwIfhK_4Nqw2TUVIBc2VyhStaP_pQ6xEUW9J8_6z1CO0vmYPdPWawMM7FVXlbVsiWUBrHnWcFZf6qpau2G-4FVgV-eScZLFWEeqE_Z6KFAlVTt6e3fdsi_TP3TGEzxVr_-wb1WmZ/s1600/breakfast2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yXUVgwIfhK_4Nqw2TUVIBc2VyhStaP_pQ6xEUW9J8_6z1CO0vmYPdPWawMM7FVXlbVsiWUBrHnWcFZf6qpau2G-4FVgV-eScZLFWEeqE_Z6KFAlVTt6e3fdsi_TP3TGEzxVr_-wb1WmZ/s640/breakfast2.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-83450864354282439632012-08-03T15:31:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.988+01:00August Break. Day 2.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QwXFhoqSLikcXIvdESKpBzGPAquphwwDS3M1WAT3sxCMfOfJlmQwVU7T0pAG2mbis2EjGhg2MCGViGWoMn2y0Yn0ruujLGd-8I-VHyrgCagYtvn1RLhfuMdzW3cuh2PCY3zOpiNqw19Z/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QwXFhoqSLikcXIvdESKpBzGPAquphwwDS3M1WAT3sxCMfOfJlmQwVU7T0pAG2mbis2EjGhg2MCGViGWoMn2y0Yn0ruujLGd-8I-VHyrgCagYtvn1RLhfuMdzW3cuh2PCY3zOpiNqw19Z/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">still. unassuming.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">an orb of glowing amber</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">melts away edges.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsYQ_nSx6ZkufcAtW6XuoaD3-MDJAf821S3kuAtPz1WpJrXipakqo5beahiC-gqVCHS9SmuQ0Z1VL4-XkWkvTDDbrXgmAaeoZ-QY-4t1viLciVlWtcIdQkauoelgE0wRCW3Yar5xLsV3Y/s1600/Photo+02-08-2012+21+35+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsYQ_nSx6ZkufcAtW6XuoaD3-MDJAf821S3kuAtPz1WpJrXipakqo5beahiC-gqVCHS9SmuQ0Z1VL4-XkWkvTDDbrXgmAaeoZ-QY-4t1viLciVlWtcIdQkauoelgE0wRCW3Yar5xLsV3Y/s640/Photo+02-08-2012+21+35+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-28019757628697627882012-08-03T15:28:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.970+01:00August Break. Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QwXFhoqSLikcXIvdESKpBzGPAquphwwDS3M1WAT3sxCMfOfJlmQwVU7T0pAG2mbis2EjGhg2MCGViGWoMn2y0Yn0ruujLGd-8I-VHyrgCagYtvn1RLhfuMdzW3cuh2PCY3zOpiNqw19Z/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QwXFhoqSLikcXIvdESKpBzGPAquphwwDS3M1WAT3sxCMfOfJlmQwVU7T0pAG2mbis2EjGhg2MCGViGWoMn2y0Yn0ruujLGd-8I-VHyrgCagYtvn1RLhfuMdzW3cuh2PCY3zOpiNqw19Z/s1600/theaugustbreak2012_150_01_beachball.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It is that time of year again and I can't wait to begin! For the month of August I shall be taking a photo or two a day to record the day to day of my summer break. Taking part in this project is a wonderful way of keeping grounded, keeping my senses wide open and making mindfulness a regular practice. Usually I try and pair up my photos with a quotation that I love, however this year I am aiming for a haiku a day to accompany my images. So here it goes:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOPx8Qev4Bv6X0g_FkVn0OufLPRP-qNifq1fhltGQriAcHsyHou6LlEqgajp9LSzQ1WXj8VM6HIAuV7i8mFndUYwopw_ShD_pviG176drVAZERUXh-Ty-1bPE6aWzDdMEQIgidqtVHGvk/s1600/Photo+01-08-2012+13+28+32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOPx8Qev4Bv6X0g_FkVn0OufLPRP-qNifq1fhltGQriAcHsyHou6LlEqgajp9LSzQ1WXj8VM6HIAuV7i8mFndUYwopw_ShD_pviG176drVAZERUXh-Ty-1bPE6aWzDdMEQIgidqtVHGvk/s640/Photo+01-08-2012+13+28+32.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">rich and earthy pods</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">ignite. create dancing fire.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">now I can begin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-29713067376017582002012-07-26T10:41:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.973+01:00Poetry and more poetry<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Two blog posts in one week- spot the person on her summer break! I've literally just finished writing a poem, once again prompted by Inner Excavation, this time my goal being to connect more with my physical body. I chose to explore my shoulders as I they are are pretty good indicators of my state of wellbeing, both physically and mentally. How often do I notice in a stressful moment how constricted my shoulders feel and how often do I sigh as lay against my pillow at night when my shoulders finally drop for the day. And when I give myself permission to dance, my shoulders literally unlock the rest of me in their movement. By noticing them I notice myself in this moment.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEPrdOfs-sP6GO6ZWxPvOIqAZft0RgHiGSB118naqSqxVJqjAK9Q8u7ca-AFUagKqG3aYcPjF7cGq0nVrQ7Z956lmJlX6MEQbyJ8IjyJs9kBZhG1GexuJVrdOKgZ1Peu_OA1MnPahjLQX/s1600/shoulder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEPrdOfs-sP6GO6ZWxPvOIqAZft0RgHiGSB118naqSqxVJqjAK9Q8u7ca-AFUagKqG3aYcPjF7cGq0nVrQ7Z956lmJlX6MEQbyJ8IjyJs9kBZhG1GexuJVrdOKgZ1Peu_OA1MnPahjLQX/s640/shoulder.jpg" width="531" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>These shoulders</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Raised so high</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">That they reach my ears,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Whispering feverishly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Wound tightly,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">At snapping point.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Carrying stories</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">For myself</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And for others.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Grounded.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Strong.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Crumbling </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Into a defeated</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Invisible heap,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">When the sky</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Has fallen down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cradling the past</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Softly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Steadily.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Ebb and flow</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">With each deep breath.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Shimmying</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">To the beat,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Shaking awake</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Rigid bones</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Of an introvert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">At twilight,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Releasing,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sinking back</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Into the creases</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Of dreams.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A little something to leave you with; another shared piece of much loved poetry:</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_X7Q6Zroj75EzkhDNZKnlXr3F7E4pk-jhiZo72ukEP-cfZq1OpB7UYi3UEksLHXtUXiWwBIEb7tit2DBixA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-73867789196525077662012-07-24T15:26:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.986+01:00Inner Excavation goodness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUkgPH1b6ZEZWkB-UQMnbFHyNwdEF1M-p2LwITqbQ98u0Qt3NMKN_JdbVjfmibAlTOnZm-uxVC86MLlFX2LVUvgFEUfjdbdHXtiV-HV1BwNOD1Ia3Xrv5rHjHh8ts3XX4dGc5H6aY7kB8/s1600/Scan0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUkgPH1b6ZEZWkB-UQMnbFHyNwdEF1M-p2LwITqbQ98u0Qt3NMKN_JdbVjfmibAlTOnZm-uxVC86MLlFX2LVUvgFEUfjdbdHXtiV-HV1BwNOD1Ia3Xrv5rHjHh8ts3XX4dGc5H6aY7kB8/s640/Scan0012.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Blimey, the last few weeks have flown by and although I had lots of blog ideas in my head, very few of them even made it into note form onto my laptop. However, as I am practicing being kinder to myself, forgiving myself for the actions I deem to ‘not be enough’, I shan’t start with an apology of my rubbishness. Instead I will share with you a couple of pieces of art journaling I have been working on. Both pieces came into being through the work I have been delving into as part of Liz Lamoreux’s <a href="http://www.lizlamoreux.com/inner-excavation/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Inner Excavation</b></span></a> read along. Seriously, there are so many treasures in each chapter that I shall be busy for quite some time ( she rubs her hands with glee). The first piece relates to the idea of being in this moment, stopping and taking stock, capturing the moment you find yourself in and seeing the layers. For me, too many moments recently have involved rain. In fact I have never experienced a summer like it before! It is easy to joke on a sunny day like today - and oh how much have I neeeeeeded this light and warmth- but the cold, dull and incredibly wet days have really affected me. I’ve felt limited, frustrated and just down right unwell. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Therefore my initial intention was to create that atmosphere in a picture, to give my emotions some closure. But as so often, the piece I created took me on a different path and what I actually ended up with I found quite beautiful really. I created the background using <a href="http://www.wordle.net/" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">wordle</span></b></a>, using a thesaurus for all those rain related words. Just by exploring words and fonts my frown eased a little. And the raindrops, which I wanted to make overpowering, turned out strangely soothing, with a comforting air of completeness about them. Of course I didn’t have a bird on my umbrella in reality but a bird needed to be drawn and totally by accident it looks like it is sighting land ahead, beyond the droplets. I am not a character artist by nature and in fact I stay well away, thinking that my attempts are rather childlike creations, but the mini me peering out from underneath the umbrella appealed to me with her glowing cheeks and seeing eyes. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And so I have learned yet again, that I have many layers, that even frustrating moments can lead to beauty and that I like drawing birds ;)</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9F-bcgGWxKjwtCFC-kg6Z5LVuE9ex6y_JErgratelsl_5WN0N9xWq8RRvxYjiCybvLtK9ghf9UKnaCuTGUUiDSeQakn2cqkLRSzg-vI_CEr3YriOkrPUjnG43jZ5KcQLTdSv95m_k2THc/s1600/Scan0013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9F-bcgGWxKjwtCFC-kg6Z5LVuE9ex6y_JErgratelsl_5WN0N9xWq8RRvxYjiCybvLtK9ghf9UKnaCuTGUUiDSeQakn2cqkLRSzg-vI_CEr3YriOkrPUjnG43jZ5KcQLTdSv95m_k2THc/s640/Scan0013.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My second piece came into being by mixture of the prompt to create a self portrait and a recent blog post by Liz, in which she talks of seeing your characteristics as super powers, even the ones you may at first see in a slightly more negative light. And so my heroine alter ego made it onto paper. I love the idea of owning my serious nature, by which I understand that I am taking my life seriously. I have always found humour difficult and struggle to see things in a lighthearted way and until now have thought of this as some kind of failure within myself. But actually it is my serious nature that helps me to follow through on hopes and dreams, it supports and develops my relationships. It means I appreciate things instead of taking them for granted. And so it is in fact a hidden super power.</span></span></div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-85622939998763203372012-06-17T10:56:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.991+01:00i begin; i am<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkU536SRJwCRNtFCf-v1sE0ofTEhA7mStsswmy_hPdoAT2KwLGuitqPmOVvBK4MHFKC1VC2ub7OS7WO1GqOTnuegUzcmk79fCxXBgBwzBnrmJmg7Hbb0AyTNC0LG7JRM9ukx4aX7IUtK3/s1600/IE+along+participant+button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkU536SRJwCRNtFCf-v1sE0ofTEhA7mStsswmy_hPdoAT2KwLGuitqPmOVvBK4MHFKC1VC2ub7OS7WO1GqOTnuegUzcmk79fCxXBgBwzBnrmJmg7Hbb0AyTNC0LG7JRM9ukx4aX7IUtK3/s1600/IE+along+participant+button.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">Today I am finally giving myself the time to immerse myself in the first week of</span> <a href="http://www.lizlamoreux.com/inner-excavate-along/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Liz Lameroux's Inner Excavate-along</span></a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">a free read along project in line with her gorgeous book Inner Excavation, where each week holds a new chapter on exploring yourself through photography, poetry and mixed media. Liz has prepared many juicy extras online, I can't believe how hard this lady works, and is excavating her own dig site along side us, therefore this feels like a really personal and authentic exploration. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Of course I was always going to start with the poetry prompt (she types winking).</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal VTPortableRemington; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>i am {a poem list}</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal VTPortableRemington; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal VTPortableRemington; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal VTPortableRemington; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-28921732618492822452012-06-15T16:04:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.971+01:00niece wisdom<br /><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Five pieces of niece wisdom gathered at a family party recently:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>1. Tables are great for hiding under to eat stolen strawberries. </b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I need to sit under tables more often, what a change of perspective! Also strawberries definitely taste better when you are not sitting at the table properly. Whilst joining my niece Summer under the said table, I was taken back to a wish I had when I was little, to build secret houses under tables. I wanted to use blankets and table clothes and fill my new space with a multitude of cushions and cuddly toys. For some reason I never did. I can’t say that I was ever stopped from doing so but neither did anyone want to help me build a table house. I may well have to make my own den under our dining room table and have a poetry reading for one in there. This may sound just a little crazy but don’t we all secretly want to make cosy hide aways to cocoon ourselves in? I dare you to join me.</span></span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWKpW4vubDTShGvPcx1gXtgm35UPyB4BXJfbh3GHPinL2ADdAAAXFbaFIANLlHKh8vfdw0H_ft_Uoi_wYm-_wKlT69BcHm7v_Le0ceYfLW553YYF_m-akr3iqBSMukPLKfGYvwsSqaLy3/s1600/summer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWKpW4vubDTShGvPcx1gXtgm35UPyB4BXJfbh3GHPinL2ADdAAAXFbaFIANLlHKh8vfdw0H_ft_Uoi_wYm-_wKlT69BcHm7v_Le0ceYfLW553YYF_m-akr3iqBSMukPLKfGYvwsSqaLy3/s400/summer.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>2. You can never have too many strawberries and they must be devoured immediately. </b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Summer is, as you can tell, strawberry mad and eats them with such delight, such passion. She is fully in the moment with those juicy berries, not thinking about later on when the strawberries have gone, or what her mum will say when she has indeed eaten the whole lot whilst leaving her sandwiches. When joy presents itself, dive in my friends!</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>3. Some pieces fit straight away when you are doing a puzzle, others you have to keep turning and some pieces you may have to swap completely. Trying to bang the wrong piece into the hole doesn’t work.</b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ROfQFsR0N-7nGfarnpPUcQC-dhberpkxPmCSLkujzwXh5_ZtNXf34bqopYRFWb-AvybpaUGbNLK57MADfoCYjkKGDJAMRvJkH5T0ueD9p5UdTiqPXsMj4IaO7U3bneLzt7vuNh4oxQpN/s1600/casey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ROfQFsR0N-7nGfarnpPUcQC-dhberpkxPmCSLkujzwXh5_ZtNXf34bqopYRFWb-AvybpaUGbNLK57MADfoCYjkKGDJAMRvJkH5T0ueD9p5UdTiqPXsMj4IaO7U3bneLzt7vuNh4oxQpN/s400/casey.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I watched Casey for ages as she figured out the puzzle by herself at the grand old age of two. I like the idea of learning to see situations as puzzles to work out instead of as crises or feeling an utter loss of control in a situation. Patience and perseverance and a willingness to change things - oh yes, more of this please.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>4. Trust takes time. </b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Casey has taken some time to warm up to me. Whilst Summer flings her arms around me with abandon, Casey peaks nervously from behind her mother’s legs. She just isn’t quite sure what to make of me. She used to, in fact, cry each time she saw me. Often this made me feel sad as I love that little girl to pieces. But I knew I couldn’t give in, for I take auntiehood most seriously. And it finally paid off at the party, when she actively chose to spend time with me, handing me puzzle pieces and pointing to her board. This week, as soon as she saw me she brought a book over and placed herself in my lap, looking at me expectantly. My heart melted.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>5. When the Summer of 69 plays you must get up and dance. </b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyT8GmiJSaoBuWqcE8OFuOQzOxM436sRN3bJaIgXcRwb8DUz4tOzRwKmBREf5DX1u8MnWxeIpTN7YbRdHLbeRRD0fHV-bwu_Qubrvu5ZouIf7ca_ij9UuRX6NxzNf9JpvR-vrHG-efbu_N/s1600/mesummer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyT8GmiJSaoBuWqcE8OFuOQzOxM436sRN3bJaIgXcRwb8DUz4tOzRwKmBREf5DX1u8MnWxeIpTN7YbRdHLbeRRD0fHV-bwu_Qubrvu5ZouIf7ca_ij9UuRX6NxzNf9JpvR-vrHG-efbu_N/s400/mesummer.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Summer grabbed my hands and pulled me forwards as soon as the first notes had aired, her body already in beat with the guitar. Self conscious she was not! Self conscious I was, bearing in mind that until this point there had been nobody on the dance floor and that I am a complete introvert when it comes to these kinds of things. But you know what, what does it actually matter what others may be thinking, when the cheesy rock is fabulous and you have a little girl turning herself into a rock chick :) I need to work on that sense of humour a little and learn to shrug my shoulders.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-44918427723534388182012-06-01T12:11:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.984+01:00Bittersweet poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEzzOZHqCql4kKgIkj-eapLHjzxk9eKtUCLTUlft8fxyEteJewzGNe3dkxQjSVYfp7nYQCbuHCkv7Xyz2SEOdfOIiYoct6zEpIVviU7goOAK3lTQmZV_GRD8Ii1M6PBFMNfKJl8p-REgN/s1600/rainbow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEzzOZHqCql4kKgIkj-eapLHjzxk9eKtUCLTUlft8fxyEteJewzGNe3dkxQjSVYfp7nYQCbuHCkv7Xyz2SEOdfOIiYoct6zEpIVviU7goOAK3lTQmZV_GRD8Ii1M6PBFMNfKJl8p-REgN/s640/rainbow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Another poetry offering for you today my lovely friends. When I read this poem for the first time, I knew I needed to share it with you, especially with the stationary addicts out there. It is such a truthful exploration of the awesome beauty and potential that crisp, new stationary has, and how this simply can't last - that special magic burns away a little, use by use. Things change. Of course the crayons in this poem could be a metaphor for many things, the poem has taken me onto paths that I am navigating step by step. Isn't it better to enjoy those 'crayons' for what they are instead of admiring from a far? Doesn't the feel of creating have much more depth? Isn't it possible to appreciate the new and the journey? That delicious initial potential makes my heart beat faster, why don't I feel that way more often - what makes me so afraid? However, taken literally, I love this poem for speaking to my stationary loving soul.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxdcl00LmgDXmZE2VrfUInSoaVRuySXOd3GQD8XnRbDvxmeZBp25-w8sNoLxdf3U-lSfLg4H6Qo8lnFb67omQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-39386584795176305712012-05-25T14:51:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.978+01:00Dear Wasp<br /><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I am terrified of wasps. TERRIFIED. A childhood of summer holidays in Bavaria, where there are wasps a plenty, has left me with too many memories of the excruciatingly painful stings. However, I am a nature lover and hate to kill anything living, and so I told myself in no uncertain terms that I needed to grow up and rescue the wasp that had found itself inside my house last week. Anyone watching me would have been most amused as I talked to it gently, wafting my arms carefully in the direction of the open windows. And I did it! It flew off quite merrily without aggression. And I wasn’t stung. Over the next few days three more wasps visited me in this way ( unless it was one the one wasp, which had become rather fond of me) , this is quite unusual for where I live. I concluded that wasp must be a messenger and began to trust in the research. Oh yes, I needed to hear these lessons:</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0h9kpkFBFlhZ1ZQNDORool9SQElcXyy-0mvl2W2qsTjKUd9yORrjq3EOD5xEG07u92v9BP0q-i9Sc0Ttxlk_gMuA4h3WKAFladKwYa4jux6kbUQyGft8xlkczujco27otkE5jHvVIngDe/s1600/wasps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0h9kpkFBFlhZ1ZQNDORool9SQElcXyy-0mvl2W2qsTjKUd9yORrjq3EOD5xEG07u92v9BP0q-i9Sc0Ttxlk_gMuA4h3WKAFladKwYa4jux6kbUQyGft8xlkczujco27otkE5jHvVIngDe/s400/wasps.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><u>Order</u></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Wasps stand for order and organisation. Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am an organisation freak, my husband often shakes his head in wonder and disbelief in equal measures! When I let go too much of this part of me, things do tend to go in the shape of the pear and I find myself feeling lost and off centre. On the opposite end of the scale, when I have that sense of order, it is like I have the space to spread out, to explore. So dear wasps, thank you for telling me that in finding order there is also the opportunity for growth.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb07X6FHXuWLLmfwilnKWRWOJI8Z7qgncJUI4EJo3MTalAswAXwI5evvkIa59t4i-xNOeSD7sLPY-HH-1UHYrRRujzVkUvSLiRG0y1L3l0BWVvUFPYa9Dkq7uXvPQ8qI7pmFVKXvNkYylY/s1600/halfme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb07X6FHXuWLLmfwilnKWRWOJI8Z7qgncJUI4EJo3MTalAswAXwI5evvkIa59t4i-xNOeSD7sLPY-HH-1UHYrRRujzVkUvSLiRG0y1L3l0BWVvUFPYa9Dkq7uXvPQ8qI7pmFVKXvNkYylY/s400/halfme.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><u>Assertiveness</u></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I had never really thought that the aggressive nature of wasps could have anything positive to teach me. But you know what, it has. When the aggression is in a protective capacity i.e. when it is to protect your territory, what you love and what you have worked hard for, then assertiveness is ok. I don’t mean meanness or violence by any means but I take it as a call to stand up for myself, to protect what I cherish and create. There have been a few times recently when I have been in the line of confrontation or unwillingly the centre of attention. Oh how I try to avoid confrontation.Oh how I avoid standing in the spotlight. In some of these situations I shied away, feeling an utter loss of personal power and to be blunt, I felt rather upset. I find it incredibly difficult to understand how some people are incapable of respect when a difference in opinion occurs. However after the wasps, I gave myself a good talking to for I am an adult, I am able to stand up for what I believe in, in my many roles. And it works, even though it is totally nerve wrecking and a never ending process! </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcBo2Pkpp5y68psnq9OAoSIa7yH6hLW_wGoZex1mis57sHvajvt5BKAsse3WRIluBiTHViCOynpxiXS-IDODCKNU5tky8euwL1Ty2hR-Zf4HnH5juTe8lmxIiDAQXsmd-N7Vu6X7QQEpP/s1600/food.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcBo2Pkpp5y68psnq9OAoSIa7yH6hLW_wGoZex1mis57sHvajvt5BKAsse3WRIluBiTHViCOynpxiXS-IDODCKNU5tky8euwL1Ty2hR-Zf4HnH5juTe8lmxIiDAQXsmd-N7Vu6X7QQEpP/s400/food.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><u>Finding solutions</u></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Having read all about how wasps make their nests using natural fibre and their own saliva , I am rather in awe of these creatures. Their house isn't a random mess either, it is all geometrically correct so that everyone has their place. Awesome. And so I ask myself, how good am I at constructing what I need physically? I am actually at my most mindful when I am making things, the words disappear and that wordless focus is replenishing and deep. Every time I garden I feel this way. Guaranteed. The nourishing dishes I am cooking these days make me feel the same. I feel this is a summer of making, with both feet planted firmly in my life.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">(By the way I found a lot of wasp totem information on </span><a href="http://www.wildspeak.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">www.wildspeak.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">)</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-14387424896412271912012-05-18T11:42:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.960+01:00My first ever video post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy5SoqE0Hb8xp4tDhKPZqwOAcps31zVEcMBsGxfMdrkAlaDK1VbdCrfxCcVmCnbPltcDUMhNJXpJ96HVKVv_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I have left this totally unedited, so I do apologise for the many erms and my dodgy camera finding skills at times. It is all in the practice I am sure. I feared that if I started editing, then the critical voices, which live so abundantly in my head, would take over and I would be left with nothing. Also, on a braver note, I wanted to show the whole me, right here, right now :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">P.S. The book I mention is called Poetry Speaks Who I am. The poem is Good Girl by Molly Peacock.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-16691166638062815982012-05-13T14:36:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.963+01:00Time to catch up...<br /><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDun9YnKDiB-DvOv7wcI2_Tx2IJDM1eLV_hnDdzQELXOasfPBKnMxGL11PY0rITMT4ninRB1uXS4lhFCQui-Zgk5SO8MyJ-pFy4D485RLaCJQy0mvWWr20t0c3OxnjhCzPyz41pPr-MKH/s1600/coffee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDun9YnKDiB-DvOv7wcI2_Tx2IJDM1eLV_hnDdzQELXOasfPBKnMxGL11PY0rITMT4ninRB1uXS4lhFCQui-Zgk5SO8MyJ-pFy4D485RLaCJQy0mvWWr20t0c3OxnjhCzPyz41pPr-MKH/s400/coffee.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I’m plunging back into blogging after having been a little quiet in the websphere recently. There has been much going on behind the scenes, many blog posts worth I’m sure, but today I want to start by sharing a bit about how I have been working on nourishment recently (this is a longer post so make sure you have a cup of something delicious ready as you settle down).</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_eKjO-4LC1BbKRSOkwX9Z7g0QJTUBbVgR-wr1A7Lc8un8cGQy0YY67_R-56L1mqJs079Uo3xdvctHInOzP2cfB5R_Z7LBu0IsQb_y2SV-p9ZVPFp-Wj6BGjD8KLolWWHe67yDZKrsP_n/s1600/smoothie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_eKjO-4LC1BbKRSOkwX9Z7g0QJTUBbVgR-wr1A7Lc8un8cGQy0YY67_R-56L1mqJs079Uo3xdvctHInOzP2cfB5R_Z7LBu0IsQb_y2SV-p9ZVPFp-Wj6BGjD8KLolWWHe67yDZKrsP_n/s400/smoothie.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I’ve been taking a good hard look at my life, particularly my physical and emotional health. There was a turning point recently when I realised that I needed to take care of myself much more so than ever before and that this involved some serious changes to my lifestyle. To begin with I looked in great detail at the food I consume and how this serves me. A good friend recommended that I look seriously at eating more raw to help heal my body and give me some of the energy I have been seriously lacking. And so I ventured into my local organic supermarket for the first time and fell in love with the possibilities housed there. Opening up my mind to this way of eating meant I bought a spiraliser (what fun) and a blender to create green smoothies. I discovered the benefits of raw pollen, agave nectar and acai berry powder. I found the most amazing raw snack bars too. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-vgx2kgdOKHPilS23Um18bTLbPT2UTwtb6FszEdh744NyvLzt61JfRaQlGDcekIFnc-WgXyWzrjSPXNW_JryU8lI1CiQFq36bx6Yf0SVeym_-OZAEL-bxmV38vtEVye8TlT_h4cxU6In/s1600/nakdbar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-vgx2kgdOKHPilS23Um18bTLbPT2UTwtb6FszEdh744NyvLzt61JfRaQlGDcekIFnc-WgXyWzrjSPXNW_JryU8lI1CiQFq36bx6Yf0SVeym_-OZAEL-bxmV38vtEVye8TlT_h4cxU6In/s400/nakdbar.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Through this natural goodness I have even lost some of that craving for sugars. Without realising I have found a fresh approach to creating meals and I am recognising inklings of enthusiasm when I am in the kitchen. I have so much to learn but I am honestly enjoying being a beginner on this food journey.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTLxQoVVCJqJW2THNh44iTL53PiqGmdY6Cp2tY2KMkf4NnmDDarogUodzFDMpkxRl3bQoJ2VZTh-xo3P4dfeBtDPn0M1UH7hdCL6wShurZu0QzgITbrTvck17CY06vcjJIKuE_M27Q98x/s1600/saladboats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTLxQoVVCJqJW2THNh44iTL53PiqGmdY6Cp2tY2KMkf4NnmDDarogUodzFDMpkxRl3bQoJ2VZTh-xo3P4dfeBtDPn0M1UH7hdCL6wShurZu0QzgITbrTvck17CY06vcjJIKuE_M27Q98x/s400/saladboats.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Connected to this quest of energy I have also been going to bed incredibly early. At first this seemed like a waste of hours to me but that is where my mindset changed also. I cannot continue measuring my days by how much I think I should achieve in them. And so each night I lie</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> there, with the curtains still open so I can watch the sky from bed, listening to audio books ( usually cheesy murder mysteries) until I fall asleep. Add to this the purchase of a memory foam pillow, which is making a huge difference to my ability to sleep, and you have a much more peaceful bedtime routine. I am also listening much more to that need to rest in my everyday. There are days when I can hardly move because I have overdone things or because my body is simply exhausted. I used to carry on regardless, continuing to put the pressure on myself and soak in the pressures from others to continue. Slowly but surely this is changing. I will stop, I will say no. I will just lie down and allow my body to be. It isn’t always easy but I am becoming firmer.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsci4-0ttYt8a49Szu6Zrq5tQLolmUGWV72mR9EAekx_Meqh0jlbDJ47_7lnRMUFx3NvRIdx-ogmYuA3uqewTAhmr1B3IdEHkxrV_bbwhjBR1ePRAvNCwGYW_2UsfqFaB0hTf9ShrBGvxv/s1600/brave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsci4-0ttYt8a49Szu6Zrq5tQLolmUGWV72mR9EAekx_Meqh0jlbDJ47_7lnRMUFx3NvRIdx-ogmYuA3uqewTAhmr1B3IdEHkxrV_bbwhjBR1ePRAvNCwGYW_2UsfqFaB0hTf9ShrBGvxv/s400/brave.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Locket by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lizlamoreux" target="_blank">Liz Lameroux</a></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I’ve also been seeking nourishment for my heart and my spirit. After quite a bit of soul searching I am realising that I need to surround myself more with positive thinkers, and therefore I need to put some distance between myself and the more negative minded, stressed people in my life for a while. For I am sensitive to people’s energies, and take an awful lot upon myself in order to make them feel better and sometimes that energy just seeps in and influences the way I behave. This doesn’t mean ending friendships or believing that life is always hunky dory but it does mean not letting so much in. Searching out the positive wayfarers of my world is infectious and life affirming. I am stocking up on the good stuff.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3npEFLtxgzTAYyUW2_TUzpbAj6jC8oVDXifyApNDTlTpRFgH2fXmhf0Y1JwD0zMd-yjSfGuojyZrE-G4ls63xOGshM5VL_mIUqnXUwrSVNHfK3OF5vC9Wolg1k5JgK_sMu9Dt-Usg9oA4/s1600/poetry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3npEFLtxgzTAYyUW2_TUzpbAj6jC8oVDXifyApNDTlTpRFgH2fXmhf0Y1JwD0zMd-yjSfGuojyZrE-G4ls63xOGshM5VL_mIUqnXUwrSVNHfK3OF5vC9Wolg1k5JgK_sMu9Dt-Usg9oA4/s400/poetry.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In line with this I have been poeming until my heart’s content. I’ve put together a whole stack of poetry books to lose myself in and I start each day with a poem, be it from my books or from the wonderful <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/" target="_blank">Writer’s Almanac</a>, which sends a poem out daily by email. Poetry speaks to me in such an intimate way; I had quite forgotten how understood, how empowered I feel when I read. And of course I have now caught the poem writing bug again and am even considering writing a collection of poems.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnv40PMliZjAVk_QBye1t6MsidG2a-d_HL7IEB16c1vPTltOJS-pCAJtu_s86VUT2V6Frsw25DjPpEZcNgIyR4y-R6r0kcymJZ74ZTXC7qY9brt8EPpSD8nHbQb-fiPGP0Kfm-yv44Zp8/s1600/casey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnv40PMliZjAVk_QBye1t6MsidG2a-d_HL7IEB16c1vPTltOJS-pCAJtu_s86VUT2V6Frsw25DjPpEZcNgIyR4y-R6r0kcymJZ74ZTXC7qY9brt8EPpSD8nHbQb-fiPGP0Kfm-yv44Zp8/s400/casey.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And to top off the feel good factor I have been spending time with those gorgeous nieces of mine again. My lovely Summer girl is life itself, with her bursting imagination and endless energy. She makes me really open my eyes to the world. And the younger one, Casey, is finally warming up to me, after crying for months when she sees me! Now there are plenty of cheeky grins and sly glances to take me in when she thinks I am not looking. She reminds me that the relationships that matter, take time and that patience is a practice worth the world.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUNH29UOhAgf1QhiDlo_e2EGB3DBsU8a_RbUp2Fg2SWJO7UTkNfBD1zBnKK8hk2I-sQXHP6iF8-AT6iSqPB8aDNOA3MGNpfdS08fKFAayPdBybB5bAZpzZ41ul1_93Ya89aW4PE8u01nR/s1600/meandsummer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUNH29UOhAgf1QhiDlo_e2EGB3DBsU8a_RbUp2Fg2SWJO7UTkNfBD1zBnKK8hk2I-sQXHP6iF8-AT6iSqPB8aDNOA3MGNpfdS08fKFAayPdBybB5bAZpzZ41ul1_93Ya89aW4PE8u01nR/s400/meandsummer.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I leave you with my Smudge cat, my feline teacher ( testing out the memory foam cushion).</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzh617sIr-fgAmcoja6Ze1sNBGRDXZp66ENghGCz9s0HGCTylfF0l2jS_Zj70ITPbZOMWQ6a8N6C4QtlITk7jjvG_jQLU22wgD5p756mS4LxrpV458ZTTtZ6-CqA1QBmoZU1GkRfD0Ziws/s1600/smudgetongue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzh617sIr-fgAmcoja6Ze1sNBGRDXZp66ENghGCz9s0HGCTylfF0l2jS_Zj70ITPbZOMWQ6a8N6C4QtlITk7jjvG_jQLU22wgD5p756mS4LxrpV458ZTTtZ6-CqA1QBmoZU1GkRfD0Ziws/s400/smudgetongue.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-11546186545515818712012-04-22T14:25:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.958+01:00Messages from a 5 year old me<br /><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I'm not quite sure that this poem is the finished article, but I wish to share it anyway, as a poem note (thank you <a href="http://www.lizlamoreux.com/be-present-be-here/dirt-and-poem-notes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Liz</span></a> for introducing this idea to me) because I feel really attached to that 5 year old me in this moment. Spending time with my young nieces has bought back the amazing memories of being small. I encountered a lot of negative experiences in my childhood, meaning I often forget that there were quite lovely thoughts and moments too, which I must hold on to. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Messages from a five year old. A poem note.</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqetxKNbw4ul1Du9wL7SXkkoC1T1Z_c4gdN3802jP2iyIdMoI44DpCoiMNwxjDvt4M92Osl82FnJE_SKY9GYmOE1tE3DaAAppPWK6Rgo25uryBO6GsuW2OaDWNiV7ZntBGnNzWN5Nxqoqr/s1600/littlemea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqetxKNbw4ul1Du9wL7SXkkoC1T1Z_c4gdN3802jP2iyIdMoI44DpCoiMNwxjDvt4M92Osl82FnJE_SKY9GYmOE1tE3DaAAppPWK6Rgo25uryBO6GsuW2OaDWNiV7ZntBGnNzWN5Nxqoqr/s400/littlemea.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>When I was five...</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I discovered a forsythia den, </b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>A glowing fortress.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Her twisty arms wove a maze of patterns.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Streaky light danced on my face,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Making me giggle,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>As I crouched on the rich, earthy ground.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I yearned for white frilly socks of softest cotton,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>That the other girls wore.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Their dainty edges were butterfly wings, </b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Fluttering with every jump of the skipping rope.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Instead I wore blue socks.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>The adventuring type.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I pointed my nose as far as it would reach</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>To peak over the post office counter.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Stacks upon stacks of sweets a glorious wall.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>With every breath an ancient musty smell</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Of rustling letters and sprawling ink encircled me,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>The soft thud of stamping an accompanying lullaby.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I smiled with a shrug at the English language,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Imagining myself an alien</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>But in many hues of pink rather than green,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Landing far away from Germany.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Baffled.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Curious.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I conversed with gatherings of dolls,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Discussing my days as I held court.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>My imaginary crown gave me voice.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Animal hearts began to beat</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>As soon as the light switch clicked.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>With abandon I joined their secret invitations.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I lost myself in Grimm’s tales.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>A story collector of great importance,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I drank in illustrated pages over and over,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>My fingers tracing letter shapes in meditation.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>And tapes with turn the page beeps</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Unfolded scenes by the dozen in my soul.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I believed that a sweet toy tortoise,</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Left on a train many miles away,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Could navigate her way to a healing aunt,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Who appeared one day</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>With the returned wanderer Mimi;</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Somewhat larger and with both eyes in tact.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I was an artist with pens defined by fruity scents</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>And a bouquet of coloured pencils</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Kept in the strictest rainbow order.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>The best rubbers were in the shape of elephants.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>The straight line of a ruler unheard of.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Blank surfaces shouted my name.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>I loved that dog in the swirling snow,</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Who stole my knitted gloves from my pockets</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>And spun in circles in pursuit of his tail;</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Soft ears flapping wildly, lucid eyes alight.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Together we stuck out our tongues</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>To capture orbs of ice.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>I idolised the gods and goddesses,</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Who made life shine with their presence,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Smelling of strong coffee and exercise books.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>They gave ME time.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I’d watch them intently</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>And decide who I would have for parents.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I wished for a best friend</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>With the shy passion of an introvert.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>The thought of it all deliciously foreign.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Along the edge of the playground I stood,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>On the lookout for that golden flicker</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Of feeling known.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>I treasured small objects,</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Seeing them in minute detail.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>When told to dispose of such rubbish</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I gently tucked my findings into new hiding places.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Sometimes I carried a stone with me for days</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Just because it was my stone.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>I feasted on pasta in the shape of cartoon characters,</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>In gloriously red tomato sauce.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Carmel puddings and slices of ham</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Glanced back at me with grinning faces.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>But necklaces made of sugared beads?</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>No,I couldn’t destroy their beauty.</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-4323837232655699962012-04-20T17:39:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.981+01:00The golden hour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56ciymFJgdq3mDMUrpfWBlOtWi8Bqnxq_FNnZirGXAoFGXiiekvHdbRlpJN9pPdkUsFCW8yewDUPAvt175vT6brchmvrcu9-pveclf2AdzbMD1CH8qOcFr_HuNee6IE68Ew3mvU1w8TBe/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56ciymFJgdq3mDMUrpfWBlOtWi8Bqnxq_FNnZirGXAoFGXiiekvHdbRlpJN9pPdkUsFCW8yewDUPAvt175vT6brchmvrcu9-pveclf2AdzbMD1CH8qOcFr_HuNee6IE68Ew3mvU1w8TBe/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Prompt: The golden hour.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">It has rained every day for a week since prompt 52 was posted. I held on and on, desperately hoping that the sun would make a late afternoon appearance, but to no avail. And so, rather than dipping into my archives, I have captured the light of my week instead, and found a rather wonderful poem by John O'Donohue in the process.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGwV6pJjNg4JJJwCEA0SNQqa9wE4aPzphUi9_K5iisRLKr5o-ESBZeQX3YE7hUY5gP7dfy9YHL2F2Kkb6h5vFzgPul4_Ob6k9zCmOcoZraHo9x_LVFgk7EkMsqlW0fG8HciUej7wcsC2z/s1600/truelight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGwV6pJjNg4JJJwCEA0SNQqa9wE4aPzphUi9_K5iisRLKr5o-ESBZeQX3YE7hUY5gP7dfy9YHL2F2Kkb6h5vFzgPul4_Ob6k9zCmOcoZraHo9x_LVFgk7EkMsqlW0fG8HciUej7wcsC2z/s640/truelight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-42371457443964414362012-04-15T12:10:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.980+01:00Spring fling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKzlFgbOShWg-y8lvEzxVXeE_-GUG9TzRreP6new517XOEbevqMbNAf_bq50waJ5H78u-_e26fdeUyj5573wUHQzCpK-EDvZYuL51YvpvZXNLfHOT2AqHQkPuX-ZEiQKmqz5IHVfgOX-a/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKzlFgbOShWg-y8lvEzxVXeE_-GUG9TzRreP6new517XOEbevqMbNAf_bq50waJ5H78u-_e26fdeUyj5573wUHQzCpK-EDvZYuL51YvpvZXNLfHOT2AqHQkPuX-ZEiQKmqz5IHVfgOX-a/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Prompt: Spring fling!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBAyRcW2e1nEH_WxhwRGHkL1CjdPST7esaQSerqKWRo8twGRgy6fhOcNqVyNFZglzdN6nvRFa5GAkhkb3xFoI6oTTNDLASaGNw8hIHCvFc7d5HiRh7TPEkuSKMPXTffmgFZ9VAoRUnxu7/s1600/spring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBAyRcW2e1nEH_WxhwRGHkL1CjdPST7esaQSerqKWRo8twGRgy6fhOcNqVyNFZglzdN6nvRFa5GAkhkb3xFoI6oTTNDLASaGNw8hIHCvFc7d5HiRh7TPEkuSKMPXTffmgFZ9VAoRUnxu7/s640/spring.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Then the delight, when your courage kindled,</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>And out you stepped onto new ground,</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Your eyes young again with energy and dream,</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>A path of plenitude opening before you.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>(For a New Beginning. John O'Dononue)</b></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-839654798068222482012-04-13T16:45:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.989+01:00Poetry Love<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMEl7sznGQVbDh7gTsj3LntybOkhkQJeIH7W-T95r73DCBhts8fm244FZmYfhvKvY8j3VGc62jGDp3tWmOKb-Rpo0widu4C0lqFjKxCvIOE6vMTuQBTEJjeqquAPNHATtHS0wShs7kmL0/s1600/book2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMEl7sznGQVbDh7gTsj3LntybOkhkQJeIH7W-T95r73DCBhts8fm244FZmYfhvKvY8j3VGc62jGDp3tWmOKb-Rpo0widu4C0lqFjKxCvIOE6vMTuQBTEJjeqquAPNHATtHS0wShs7kmL0/s400/book2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Poetry and I understand each other. We are old school friends. There for each other during the good, the bad and the downright ugly. Over the last years though, somehow I had let that relationship dwindle, without realising really, without rhyme nor reason. So when I recently took part in Liz Lamoreux's Create Space course where she included some delicious poetry, which spoke so directly to my poetic soul, a part of me was reawakened. I sat in wonder as I realised just how much I had missed this friend. And so of course I signed up for Liz's current course, <a href="http://www.lizlamoreux.com/poem-it-out/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Poem It Out</b></span></a>, and it is turning out to be the most inspiring course I have taken part in in recent times (and there have been a few!) Not only am I discovering many new (well, new to me) poets, who totally get where I am coming from, even though we have never exchanged a word, but I am writing more poetry than I have done since adolescence. Liz offers depth, inspiration, thought provoking angles and so much joy. I feel mighty lucky to have a poetry angel to guide me on this particular adventure.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today's poetry offering is quite a solemn one (I promise there may well be more joyous contributions ahead). I sat in front of my laptop, in the early hours as sleep had yet again left the building, and the words poured out. When I read the end result I oddly felt a sense of closure for addressing the insomnia, for defining how it feels to me.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal VTPortableRemington; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">nsomnia</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabLNA1zrbvB-v8k7Rw0OkbcHpwOeSr6FVr8VlT1S09xks3zXihHojYZIEx0a4wuT6OQulgPdZk3HUyRro-GodZCEfJJWfSripUUrf4124WqLPhJ_RwEoy68Yg6m769odK2-qybSBi5eEa/s1600/tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabLNA1zrbvB-v8k7Rw0OkbcHpwOeSr6FVr8VlT1S09xks3zXihHojYZIEx0a4wuT6OQulgPdZk3HUyRro-GodZCEfJJWfSripUUrf4124WqLPhJ_RwEoy68Yg6m769odK2-qybSBi5eEa/s400/tea.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal VTPortableRemington; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Dusk.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cradling whispers envelop.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Stuffed with iridescent motes, a satchel</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Blurs the too bright glossy images of day.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A face of fine parchment, </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Creased softly,</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Voices delicious promises</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Alongside the tumbling particles </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Flowing through spindly fingers.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A feeling of muffled petticoats</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As slumber winds through the shadows.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The edge of a tattered cloak</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Vanishes beyond a windowpane.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Stricken eyes search for and deny</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What they know is there.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Forced, I clamber back into night.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Unwished for clarity startles,</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tangled with fragmented thoughts.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Echoes of what has been</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And the might bes and the what ifs</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Grip vice like without escape.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px VTPortableRemington; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Weighted down I lie in the shadows.</span></span></span></div></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-46389049429867926212012-04-11T15:28:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.985+01:00Sounds of not writing<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I promised myself I would write a post today, for it has been far too long since I've shown you more than photographs and quotes. I'm putting my heart and soul into writing at the moment, yet this strangely doesn't seem to have transferred to my blog. Bare with me, give me time. So here I am. Showing up. A little ill at ease, not quite knowing where to begin, as is often the case after time away from a space. I'm not in a particularly cheerful state of mind either, but my intentions for this blog is for it to be an honest space, an opportunity to share the good times and the bad like you would do with a good friend. And so I choose to share a poem I wrote yesterday evening, when the dreaded stuckedness threatened to take over. I didn't think anything productive could come of my frowns and sighs, however the poem that emerged is a part of me. It may not be beautiful or well crafted but it feels raw and real. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Sounds of not writing</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba4MoiH-tvqIihbauqmsUIgoQQp2INegGsoTepJqA7kIdNX2-o0mC1oOX9RZPC7tqMYCOHLla4kDmZcrwFeuXT328oDSzWTXg0GZF1ZHJVLJvle3jAg5-lWYPWTR69PUBL1XQDHmxJkn2/s1600/elephant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba4MoiH-tvqIihbauqmsUIgoQQp2INegGsoTepJqA7kIdNX2-o0mC1oOX9RZPC7tqMYCOHLla4kDmZcrwFeuXT328oDSzWTXg0GZF1ZHJVLJvle3jAg5-lWYPWTR69PUBL1XQDHmxJkn2/s640/elephant.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Rain thumps</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Fierce races</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">With haphazard rhythms.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Why does it always rain on me? (I hum)</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">A vibrating fridge</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Rising</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Demanding audience</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Relenting</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Beginning again.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Is she still there</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">That little girl from the story book</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Holding the inside light?</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">A creaking desk</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Cantankerous</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Whiney</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Disappointed.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">How can not yet written words intimidate </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Dictator style?</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">An invisible elephant in the room</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Sucking oxygen with deafening silence.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Poor elephant</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">who put her in a restricted space?</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Mind chatter</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Jumbled strings of graphemes</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Crash and twirl</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Without pause it seems.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Can anyone else hear how loud it is?</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-44472110278923879412012-04-06T16:40:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.982+01:00Shop open...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My dearest friends,</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqW2QJrlMBBy834egL5tDV8GpBlrW-om3sQT-pYLB-H0dtD9y9HpFRVRbZ961p3AJ7lYMaCdYxYP9WUtUOIhyphenhyphen_2brhXhPvyNqHBxB9rZREuWk_AomXARPOez9aEekEPlYPS-UmvP2Con0/s1600/dreambuscards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqW2QJrlMBBy834egL5tDV8GpBlrW-om3sQT-pYLB-H0dtD9y9HpFRVRbZ961p3AJ7lYMaCdYxYP9WUtUOIhyphenhyphen_2brhXhPvyNqHBxB9rZREuWk_AomXARPOez9aEekEPlYPS-UmvP2Con0/s400/dreambuscards.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have gone and done it! I have an Etsy store </span></b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DreamchairAdventures"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">here</span></b></span></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (or see the button link on the left sidebar) and I am also trying out a print on demand company named Red Bubble </span></b><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></b></u><a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/milenaw"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">here</span></span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (or click the button below Etsy). It truly feels like I am sending my children out into the world! I am full of anticipation, delight and pride. Of course this is coupled with the fear that my images won't find the joy and love I feel for them, but I'm being brave and putting myself out there anyway. I would love for you to take a look at what I have to offer and see what you think. And if you do enjoy my creations I would be so grateful if you would pass on the links to friends and family, in fact I would be over the moon ;) Sending you lots of love,</span></b></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Milena</span></b></span></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-1958264028467639832012-04-04T17:36:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.964+01:00A self portrait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh703erYrxd3jNA6mrVa8UreVbWYSgMBPWGZAsqfZRcc5vceSKUp6I4HOqmu5q5HFUxkWWsKyYPljWXUa2j2TTcevudX1Z76xUE1Qmj0FrxdD7sg-ua9YnJe-0raHR0Oc3mHOsmlPXrZqpo/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh703erYrxd3jNA6mrVa8UreVbWYSgMBPWGZAsqfZRcc5vceSKUp6I4HOqmu5q5HFUxkWWsKyYPljWXUa2j2TTcevudX1Z76xUE1Qmj0FrxdD7sg-ua9YnJe-0raHR0Oc3mHOsmlPXrZqpo/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Prompt: Me. Self Portrait</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Oh self portraits are tricky things, </span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">For me the inner critic has a field day. </span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">My self esteem is nowhere to be found</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"> When it comes to my appearance.</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I breathe in and think...</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">BRAVE.</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGy2C83LjWM_dO9R9dQBLEePCtRVzv8jVZkqMm6zCYpPHDWk4_-6Bjapusd-u0CtYBVKZB7J-z6YRTmyjTgoj4jqoAWvbq_Mlt1CMMsAdO7v4TGg3HBVWzDM_Ej3nk0ko6W2w4BdZHd4Hk/s1600/Photo+04-04-2012+12+28+49.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGy2C83LjWM_dO9R9dQBLEePCtRVzv8jVZkqMm6zCYpPHDWk4_-6Bjapusd-u0CtYBVKZB7J-z6YRTmyjTgoj4jqoAWvbq_Mlt1CMMsAdO7v4TGg3HBVWzDM_Ej3nk0ko6W2w4BdZHd4Hk/s640/Photo+04-04-2012+12+28+49.png" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span id="goog_680999711"></span><span id="goog_680999712"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-33431954697563071692012-03-30T14:54:00.000+01:002012-10-12T11:51:29.975+01:00What makes me laugh?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAFocchHqEawg6J05FCyu-KMqGs-62__UmbTfCuGFBNnJHHx_nIuyyhBgkSbe7TZohE9_-WYpR0n56YY2zz8ko97fHVnFmhkqfBUyGgYw0JyoqjjhI8RCccP9RfkYk-vw2wp410W4mmB2/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAFocchHqEawg6J05FCyu-KMqGs-62__UmbTfCuGFBNnJHHx_nIuyyhBgkSbe7TZohE9_-WYpR0n56YY2zz8ko97fHVnFmhkqfBUyGgYw0JyoqjjhI8RCccP9RfkYk-vw2wp410W4mmB2/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Prompt: What makes me laugh?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnUYz9OZqCIu5fl7oREeR5qlLaXgpWMphxqEIF4VI6GHBslVUXmACoD3WiRcJ0dytiOrM4BUng24oi77kWyJXIfXdDlAfzMID2PV0YDLr7MXNj5KD_SYo71J4HYlawzLhFGo5vc6mDf2b/s1600/laugh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnUYz9OZqCIu5fl7oREeR5qlLaXgpWMphxqEIF4VI6GHBslVUXmACoD3WiRcJ0dytiOrM4BUng24oi77kWyJXIfXdDlAfzMID2PV0YDLr7MXNj5KD_SYo71J4HYlawzLhFGo5vc6mDf2b/s640/laugh.jpg" width="573" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">"Witches are not by nature gregarious, and they certainly don't have leaders. </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Granny Weatherwax was the most highly regarded of the leaders they didn't have. But even she found the meddling in royal politics a lot more difficult than certain playwrights would have you believe..."</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Terry Pratchett. Wyrd Sisters</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I adore the ironic wit, wisdom and literary word play of Terry Pratchett. Even a darkest mood can be lifted by Granny Weatherwax, Granny Ogg and Magrat Garlick and this week I am indeed grateful to those Wyrd Sisters!</span></span></b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413576592750793754.post-20820015372272465432012-03-24T08:26:00.000+00:002012-10-12T11:51:29.967+01:00I love it!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_JFTlHa86z4-Ntem992oFaJ7YuLL7K-99FgyenhcwOurheFepBYVT77dgrnJHIGcNUV20ApdqBh0oyOukse_KBvVTvS7zmrVgx4vDmPFhv9xRH83EHTaVSnWZWnXI5P2DgTgdqbAh8Sm/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_JFTlHa86z4-Ntem992oFaJ7YuLL7K-99FgyenhcwOurheFepBYVT77dgrnJHIGcNUV20ApdqBh0oyOukse_KBvVTvS7zmrVgx4vDmPFhv9xRH83EHTaVSnWZWnXI5P2DgTgdqbAh8Sm/s1600/52photosbutton-1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Prompt: I love it!</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdF4ULi7Q3fJcpuxBjT1W6ZH9LiuBCR5YUGu6bX4yKvN5xAZht0UxSsB510HoFMn4_-UEBcmmkYowz-8iaQ20UPd98lIYbeAx4bLfKFCx21AyIEfpDcEVdKy2R7x12rLAMczkLaFcYShh/s1600/magnolia2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdF4ULi7Q3fJcpuxBjT1W6ZH9LiuBCR5YUGu6bX4yKvN5xAZht0UxSsB510HoFMn4_-UEBcmmkYowz-8iaQ20UPd98lIYbeAx4bLfKFCx21AyIEfpDcEVdKy2R7x12rLAMczkLaFcYShh/s640/magnolia2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I love the Spring for it seems to me the greatest miracle.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I love greeting each resurfacing plant, each deliciously new bud,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Like a treasured, long lost friend. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I love the sweet, fresh air on my face, </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">And the warming soil between my fingers.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I am also discovering the deeply truthful and beautiful poetry of John O'Donohue, a sample of which I have added to my shot for these words sing to me.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184662425919205827noreply@blogger.com7